From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265525AbTFMUZa (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 Jun 2003 16:25:30 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265526AbTFMUZa (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 Jun 2003 16:25:30 -0400 Received: from quechua.inka.de ([193.197.184.2]:8400 "EHLO mail.inka.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265525AbTFMUZ1 (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 Jun 2003 16:25:27 -0400 From: Bernd Eckenfels To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Real multi-user linux In-Reply-To: X-Newsgroups: ka.lists.linux.kernel User-Agent: tin/1.5.17-20030301 ("Bubbles") (UNIX) (Linux/2.4.20-xfs (i686)) Message-Id: Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2003 22:39:07 +0200 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In article you wrote: > As for the potential of this. Its large. With Gnome/KDE > and OpenOffice running for 3,4 or more people at the same > time out of one box will be a enormous cost reducer for > any business. Just out of curiosity. How much is this reduction for hardware? How many do you have to pay for a 3-place box compared to a 3-cheapthin-client+server solution? Especially if you consider the cabling limitations? Greetings Bernd -- eckes privat - http://www.eckes.org/ Project Freefire - http://www.freefire.org/